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Amazon’s new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates
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The Echo Studio with Home Camera, the new Echo Dot, and the Echo Time. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements . Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few
The Echo Studio with Home Camera, the new Echo Dot, and the Echo Time. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements . Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few new smart home gadgets sprinkled in.
Here's a roundup of all of the updates Amazon revealed on Wednesday. Echo Show 16 adds a larger display and other upgrades Amazon's new Echo Show 16 has a 16-inch display in an anodized aluminum frame that the company says is nearly 40 percent thinner than its predecessor. There's a new Nanomatte display option to reduce glare, along with an audio architecture with micro woofers and two tweeters for clearer audio.
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